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Lee Norman

Work Department

I advise a broad range of businesses and institutions on all aspects of their contractual and commercial disputes.

Position

Partner

Career

I have particular expertise and a track record of success advising clients in relation to outsourcing and technology disputes as well as large and complex professional negligence claims.

North West: Dispute resolution

Commercial litigation: Manchester

Within: Commercial litigation: Manchester

The team at DWF¬†has an extensive track record representing national, international and regional clients in contractual and company disputes, in addition to handling professional negligence, Judicial Review, competition, directors' disqualification, insolvency and contentious probate disputes, as well as arbitrations and injunctions. Food and drink, retail, telecommunications, utilities, energy, education and the public sector are all key areas of focus for the ‚Äėhardworking‚Äô team, which represented WM Morrison Supermarkets in a high-profile claim brought by employees and former employees whose confidential data was put into the public domain in 2014. The Insolvency Service, Lancashire County Council, Safeway and Manchester United Football Club are also clients. The 'fantastic'¬†Joel Heap¬†heads the disputes practice nationally, while¬†the 'very responsive and pragmatic'¬†Steve Morris¬†¬†- who is noted for his ‚Äėbusiness-like approach to litigation‚Äô - heads the team in Manchester. Other key figures include consultant Andrew Harris,¬†Lee Norman, who is noted for professional negligence cases, director Chris Gee, who handles contentious probate matters as well as contractual and commercial disputes, and Claire Graham, who regularly handles insolvency-related cases. Senior associates Zoryana Jurczyszyn¬†and the¬†‚Äėexcellent‚Äô¬†Nicole Burton¬†are also noted, as are recently promoted senior associates Daniel Williams¬†and Benjamin Johnson. Director Asima Rana, who focuses on contentious IP matters, recently joined from TLT.¬†Jon Hainey ¬†joined TLT¬†in May 2018.

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AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine in connection with two syndicated EUR-denominated facilities arranged by Deutsche Bank in December 2018 and March 2019 for the total amount equivalent to approximately USD1 billion.

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (‚ÄúEBRD ‚ÄĚ) and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (" BSTDB ") in connection with senior secured loans in the total amount of up to EUR36.3 million to Rengy Bioenergo LLC (‚ÄúLoans ‚ÄĚ).

The document entitled "Statement of Changes to Immigration Rules" which was released by the House of Commons on the 7th March 2019, outlined and advised us on a number of changes that will come into place that will affect the Tier 1 Investor Visa amongst other visa programmes and schemes. The latest article on our website discusses both of these new UK business visa routes. Our immigration lawyers London are already up to date on all of the required information for both the NEW Tier 1 Start-Up Visa and the NEW Tier 1 Innovator Visa .

According to the new document from the House of Commons on March 7th 2019 titled ‚ÄúStatement of Changes to Immigration Rules‚ÄĚ, a number of changes will come into place that affecting the Tier 1 UK Investor Visa programme amongst other visa programmes and schemes. Read about them in our latest¬† article .¬†

There is no doubt that the UK has to date benefited immensely from visa-free EU¬†immigration to the extent that visa conditions and caps on non-EU migrant have undermined and overshadowed the ability of this group to play a prominent role in British industry and commerce and in its expanding and overburdened NHS service. It is the view of¬† Gulbenkian Andonian ¬†however, that after¬† Brexit, there should be a noticeable change in those skilled non-EU migrants contributing to British society in a meaningful way.¬†

From 1 January 2021 everyone except for British and Irish citizens will be subject to immigration control in the UK. ¬† Gulbenkian Andonian solicitors has already published an article on this topic of post- Brexit immigration and has discussed the case of EU nationals and family members after Brexit, you can find that article here as one of many in our blog .

A medical practice cannot advertise using the term ‚ÄúPraxisklinik‚ÄĚ (‚Äúclinic‚ÄĚ in English) if it does not provide overnight accommodation. That was the view upheld by the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) in a ruling from October 17, 2018 (Az.: I ZR 58/18).